1$Id: README.icn,v 1.7 2000/08/06 09:22:51 armin Exp $
2 3You can get the ICN-ISDN-card from:
4 5Thinking Objects Software GmbH
6Versbacher Röthe 159
797078 Würzburg
8Tel: +49 931 2877950
9Fax: +49 931 2877951
10 11email info@think.de
12WWW http:/www.think.de
13 14 15The card communicates with the PC by two interfaces:
16 1. A range of 4 successive port-addresses, whose base address can be
17 configured with the switches.
18 2. A memory window with 16KB-256KB size, which can be setup in 16k steps
19 over the whole range of 16MB. Isdn4linux only uses a 16k window.
20 The base address of the window can be configured when loading
21 the lowlevel-module (see README). If using more than one card,
22 all cards are mapped to the same window and activated as needed.
23 24Setting up the IO-address dipswitches for the ICN-ISDN-card:
25 26 Two types of cards exist, one with dip-switches and one with
27 hook-switches.
28 29 1. Setting for the card with hook-switches:
30 31 (0 = switch closed, 1 = switch open)
32 33 S3 S2 S1 Base-address
34 0 0 0 0x300
35 0 0 1 0x310
36 0 1 0 0x320 (Default for isdn4linux)
37 0 1 1 0x330
38 1 0 0 0x340
39 1 0 1 0x350
40 1 1 0 0x360
41 1 1 1 NOT ALLOWED!
42 43 2. Setting for the card with dip-switches:
44 45 (0 = switch closed, 1 = switch open)
46 47 S1 S2 S3 S4 Base-Address
48 0 0 0 0 0x300
49 0 0 0 1 0x310
50 0 0 1 0 0x320 (Default for isdn4linux)
51 0 0 1 1 0x330
52 0 1 0 0 0x340
53 0 1 0 1 0x350
54 0 1 1 0 0x360
55 0 1 1 1 NOT ALLOWED!
56 1 0 0 0 0x308
57 1 0 0 1 0x318
58 1 0 1 0 0x328
59 1 0 1 1 0x338
60 1 1 0 0 0x348
61 1 1 0 1 0x358
62 1 1 1 0 0x368
63 1 1 1 1 NOT ALLOWED!
64 65The ICN driver may be built into the kernel or as a module. Initialization
66depends on how the driver is built:
67 68Driver built into the kernel:
69 70 The ICN driver can be configured using the commandline-feature while
71 loading the kernel with LILO or LOADLIN. It accepts the following syntax:
72 73 icn=p,m[,idstring1[,idstring2]]
74 75 where
76 77 p = portbase (default: 0x320)
78 m = shared memory (default: 0xd0000)
79 80 When using the ICN double card (4B), you MUST define TWO idstrings.
81 idstring must start with a character! There is no way for the driver
82 to distinguish between a 2B and 4B type card. Therefore, by supplying
83 TWO idstrings, you tell the driver that you have a 4B installed.
84 85 If you like to use more than one card, you can use the program
86 "icnctrl" from the utility-package to configure additional cards.
87 You need to configure shared memory only once, since the icn-driver
88 maps all cards into the same address-space.
89 90 Using the "icnctrl"-utility, portbase and shared memory can also be
91 changed during runtime.
92 93 The D-channel protocol is configured by loading different firmware
94 into the card's memory using the "icnctrl"-utility.
95 96 97Driver built as module:
98 99 The module icn.o can be configured during "insmod'ing" it by
100 appending its parameters to the insmod-commandline. The following
101 syntax is accepted:
102 103 portbase=p membase=m icn_id=idstring [icn_id2=idstring2]
104 105 where p, m, idstring1 and idstring2 have the same meanings as the
106 parameters described for the kernel-version above.
107 108 When using the ICN double card (4B), you MUST define TWO idstrings.
109 idstring must start with a character! There is no way for the driver
110 to distinguish between a 2B and 4B type card. Therefore, by supplying
111 TWO idstrings, you tell the driver that you have a 4B installed.
112 113 Using the "icnctrl"-utility, the same features apply to the modularized
114 version like to the kernel-builtin one.
115 116 The D-channel protocol is configured by loading different firmware
117 into the card's memory using the "icnctrl"-utility.
118 119Loading the firmware into the card:
120 121 The firmware is supplied together with the isdn4k-utils package. It
122 can be found in the subdirectory icnctrl/firmware/
123 124 There are 3 files:
125 126 loadpg.bin - Image of the bootstrap loader.
127 pc_1t_ca.bin - Image of firmware for german 1TR6 protocol.
128 pc_eu_ca.bin - Image if firmware for EDSS1 (Euro-ISDN) protocol.
129 130 Assuming you have installed the utility-package correctly, the firmware
131 will be downloaded into the 2B-card using the following command:
132 133 icnctrl -d Idstring load /etc/isdn/loadpg.bin /etc/isdn/pc_XX_ca.bin
134 135 where XX is either "1t" or "eu", depending on the D-Channel protocol
136 used on your S0-bus and Idstring is the Name of the card, given during
137 insmod-time or (for kernel-builtin driver) on the kernel commandline.
138 139 To load a 4B-card, the same command is used, except a second firmware
140 file is appended to the commandline of icnctrl.
141 142 -> After downloading firmware, the two LEDs at the back cover of the card
143 (ICN-4B: 4 LEDs) must be blinking intermittently now. If a connection
144 is up, the corresponding led is lit continuously.
145 146 For further documentation (adding more ICN-cards), refer to the manpage
147 icnctrl.8 which is included in the isdn4k-utils package.
148 149